New American Bible, Revised Edition

Numbers 5:26-31 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

26. where he shall take a handful of the grain offering as a token offering and burn it on the altar. Only then shall he have the woman drink the water.

27. Once he has had her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter into her to her bitter hurt, and her belly will swell and her uterus will fall, so that she will become a curse among her people.

28. If, however, the woman has not defiled herself, but is still pure, she will be immune and will still be fertile.

29. This, then, is the ritual for jealousy when a woman goes astray while under the authority of her husband and defiles herself,

30. or when such a feeling of jealousy comes over a man that he becomes suspicious of his wife; he shall have her stand before the Lord, and the priest shall perform this entire ritual for her.

31. The man shall be free from punishment, but the woman shall bear her punishment.